Category Archives: affordable housing

I think a lot about the question of what might make my neighbourhood livable and thriving long term. And how does that relate to affordability? And the environment? I’ve been trying to get my mind around some of Jane Jacobs’ … Continue reading →

One of my favourite rants – as some would call them – is about “gentrification” and its painful side-effects. The Guardian recently published another article on the subject.* One reader’s comment says it better than I could: “Gentrification sucks because … Continue reading →

I am “Fearlessanalyst” for a reason: I just had to keep on compulsively analyzing after my December 21 post, reacting to the ‘Turner + Porter meeting’. Reflecting back over the decades, I thought about how my perspectives on development and … Continue reading →

Someday we’re all going to have to learn to live in the shade of tall buildings, is what I’ve been saying for the past decade, to anyone who would listen. They tend to shut down when they hear that. It’s … Continue reading →

Well, here we are once again reacting to another condo proposition in Roncesvalles Village. Our city councillor (Gord Perks) hosted a neighbourhood meeting the other night, the purpose of which was to provide the developers (Mattamy Homes) with feedback from … Continue reading →

Sometimes I get the feeling there’s a little cognitive dissonance going on in the neighbourhood. I suppose it’s almost predictable, since the ‘hood is full of caring people, and caring almost invariably leads eventually to a kind of inner conflict … Continue reading →

In my imagination I’ve been conjuring up a giant urban planner, completely objective, who decides on exactly where and how development takes place in Toronto. Being fair, of course, she distributes residential development more or less evenly throughout the city. … Continue reading →